Nigeria has recorded 52 new cases of deadly disease named Coronavirus (COVID-19) in six states and the federal capital territory (FCT).
The COVID-19 result was announced by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) in its daily update for Friday, March 25, 2022.
The fatality rate has also dropped, with the country’s last COVID-related death occurring on February 19.
According to the agency’s report, a breakdown of the new infections released by the Nigeria Centre of Disease Control (NCDC) is presented below: Lagos-23, Kwara-18, FCT-4, Kano-3, Rivers-2, Kaduna-1 and Plateau-1.
The agency said the new infections were recorded on March 24 and 25.
Nine persons were said to have recovered from the infection.
No fatality was reported leaving the total COVID deaths in the country at 3,142.
With the new COVID cases, Nigeria now has a total of 255,296 cases, with 249,495 recoveries.
The NCDC has so far tested over 4.7 million people for COVID-19.
The country’s active cases are 2,616.